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MAXIM GUN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Maxim gun mean?
• MAXIM GUN (noun)
The noun MAXIM GUN has 1 sense:
1. an obsolete water-cooled machine gun having a single barrel
Familiarity information: MAXIM GUN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An obsolete water-cooled machine gun having a single barrel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("Maxim gun" is a kind of...):
machine gun (a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted))
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